Determinants of dividend payout ratios in Ghana

Journal of Risk Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-145

  Amidu, Mohammed ^a   Abor, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Determinants; Dividends; Finance and accounting; Ghana

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015635304     PISSN: 15265943     EISSN: 09657967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15265940610648580     Document Type: Article

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